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The country languishes in mourning,
    Lebanon withers with shame;
Sharon[a] is like the Arabah,
    Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.(A)
10 Now I will rise up, says the Lord,
    now exalt myself,
    now lift myself up.(B)
11 You conceive dry grass, bring forth stubble;
    my spirit shall consume you like fire.

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Footnotes

  1. 33:9 Sharon: the fertile plain near the Mediterranean.

The land dries up(A) and wastes away,
    Lebanon(B) is ashamed and withers;(C)
Sharon(D) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan(E) and Carmel(F) drop their leaves.

10 “Now will I arise,(G)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;(H)
    now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive(I) chaff,
    you give birth(J) to straw;
    your breath is a fire(K) that consumes you.

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